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Librarian & Civic Literacy Instructor I believe in future-proofing libraries from budget cuts and book bans by investing in local civic power. I am a progressive Democrat and a lover of local news.

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explore.org @explore.org · 08/10/2026
The 901's have brought so much love to the explore viewers this season!
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 30/09/2026
53 years ago, hip-hop was born at a back-to-school party in the Bronx. Now, the Bronx School of Hip Hop is preparing a new generation of artists to shape what comes next. I sat down with Nas to talk about the past, present, and future of hip-hop in NYC — from the turntables to our classrooms.
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Mayor and Nas sit down to discuss the past, present and future of hip hop in NYC
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explore.org @explore.org · 10/09/2026
The 901's - pure love
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Rep. Summer Lee @repsummerlee.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
We're hiring! Our team is looking for a Staff Assistant to join our district team in Pittsburgh, help support constituents, and connect with communities across PA-12. Apply at summerlee.house.gov/resource-hub/careers
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Truthout @truthout.org · 12/08/2026
Yale University and University of Maryland researchers have estimated that Medicare for All Act would prevent 114,000 deaths per year and save Americans more than $1 trillion annually.
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Study: Medicare for All Would Save 114k Lives Yearly — And Save $1T in Costs
“This study confirms what we have known for years: Medicare for All saves lives and saves money,” said Bernie Sanders.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
This is how you know we need a wealth tax
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Bauhaus weavers, circle portrait (c.1927) #WomensArt
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Means-tested programs like SNAP are shaped not just by benefit levels, but by hassle. And hassle is regressive: it hits hardest when you lack a car, flexibility, cash, or time.⁣ ⁣ newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
This InfoWars caper is going a little too well. We need to staff up a bit. We're hiring a Social Media Lead, who will help make InfoWars the network of the future. We need someone who is extraordinarily online, has big ideas for how things break through in 2026, and can pull those ideas off quick.
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Social Media Lead, InfoWars at Global Tetrahedron
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Congressman Chris Deluzio @deluzio.house.gov · 30/07/2026
We’ve got to expand on the legacy of this day and pass Medicare for All to finally bring healthcare to everyone in the richest country in the world. 🇺🇸
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AIPAC Tracker @trackaipac.com · 27/07/2026
The Intercept: Fetterman Might Leave Democratic Party Because the Only Thing He Loves More Than Israel Is Attention
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Rich Lord @richelord.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Furor over the early removal of a Pride Month display at the Monroeville Public Library reignited Southwestern Pennsylvania's battles over LGBTQ books. @publicsource.org checked in on half a dozen Pittsburgh-area book fights www.publicsource.org/monroeville-...
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Monroeville library Pride Month display puts regional fight over LGBTQ+ books back in focus
The dispute follows a series of high-profile clashes in Southwestern Pennsylvania since 2021 over books, displays and library policies. Here’s where a half dozen book battles stand.
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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I’m endorsing @abdulelsayed.bsky.social today—because he is THE fighter Michigan needs in the Senate.
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Retroist @retroist.com · 04/07/2026
Great moments in U.S. History.
Comic panel showing the Kool Aid Man walking past children with Benjamin Franklin. A child asks, “Excuse me sir, aren’t you Benjamin Franklin?” Franklin answers, “Yes I am. I’m also hot and thirsty.”
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
i just filled all the squares on my don’t threaten me with a good time bingo card
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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Don’t threaten us with a good time
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
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Rep. Summer Lee @repsummerlee.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Trump and Republicans' so-called One Big Beautiful Bill is overhauling our federal student loan system. For me and millions of other borrowers, monthly payments will be increased drastically to match that of rent or a mortgage. Here's what some of those other changes look like.
Black background with the heading: “Repayment Plans Are Being Overhauled.” Text explains that Trump and Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill is beginning to impact student loan borrowers by changing repayment options, with some borrowers needing to choose a new plan or potentially being moved into a more expensive one. A crossed-out image referencing the SAVE repayment plan appears at the bottom.Black background with the heading: “Graduate School Just Became Harder to Afford.” Text states that Trump and Republicans eliminated Grad PLUS loans, meaning future graduate students can no longer use federal loans to cover the full cost of graduate school and may have to rely on private lenders. It notes this creates another financial barrier for aspiring doctors, lawyers, social workers, and teachers. An illustration of hands holding a graduation cap and diploma appears at the bottom.Black background with the heading: “Higher Education Is Becoming Less Accessible.” Text says these changes hit hardest for first-generation students, working-class families, Black borrowers, and parents helping their children attend college.Black background with the heading: “This Goes Beyond Student Loans.” Text explains that the same Trump-Republican law also cut Medicaid, cut SNAP, and delivered tax breaks to the ultra-wealthy. It concludes by saying people are already struggling to afford housing, healthcare, groceries, and now face greater barriers to accessing higher education and repaying student loans.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
This really isn’t hard
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Today, I introduced legislation to require that the minimum wage be a living wage. $25 an hour is what’s required for a full time worker to pay their bills, and we shouldn’t accept that full time work leaves people living in poverty.
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Rep. Summer Lee @repsummerlee.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
There is no shame in getting the resources you need. The only shame is that our government is cutting vital programs like SNAP and making it harder for families to afford food and basic necessities. Stop judging people for seeking help. Hold the officials accountable for failing them.
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explore.org @explore.org · 23/06/2026
The wait is over! 🐻 Today at 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET, join us live for a Welcome to Bear Cam event and kick off another unforgettable season of bear watching: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lQR...
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Gernot Wagner @gwagner.com · 13/06/2026
Mamdani's NYC: 1st Ave has traffic lights synched with cycling (= legal car) speeds. NYPD no longer just ignores 311 pings about illegally parked cars. No more parked cars within 20ft of Lafayette & Bleecker intersection. … Improving NYC, one tiny, logical step at a time. Thanks, @mayor.nyc.gov
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DuckDuckGo @duckduckgo.com · 29/05/2026
Since Google revealed its plans for an AI search overhaul, visits to our "No AI" search page have tripled…and they’re still rising! Want to make it your default on Chrome or Firefox? Grab our No-AI extensions and banish AI-assisted answers, chat, and AI images. (1/3)
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Letterboxd @letterboxd.social · 19/05/2026
What’s your favorite Julianne Moore performance? Featuring answers from Diego Calva, Jordan Firstman, Odessa A’zion and more, plus a bonus round of Four Favorites with Moore. The actress received the Kering Women in Motion Award at this year’s Cannes Film Festival ✨
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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Well, at least the next elections will be clear as hell. Has your ass embraced white supremacy or hasn't it?
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/05/2026
this is also one of my hobbyhorses. you want a better caliber of lawmaker? you want to reduce the odds of corruption? pay them more. a lot more.
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tamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Samuel R. Delany: "We talk about this being the age of information, but this is not the age of information. This is the age of misinformation..." Octavia E. Butler: "Or it's the age of being snowed with so much stuff that we can't tell the difference." They said this in 1998.
Butler: I was not, by the way, talking about print-truth being more true than spoken truth. Not at all. One could spend enormous amounts of energy, print, computer time, broadcast time, etc. on garbage. I wouldn't recommend that anybody take something to be true simply because it was written down. As a matter of fact, this is an argument I used to have with people quite a bit. Something was written or on TV, so it must be true. No, the importance of literacy is that you can look around and find out more about what is true, as opposed to being confined to what somebody's willing to tell you.

Delany: We talk about this being the age of information, but this is not the age of information. This is the age of misinformation. And the thing that we have to remember is that misinformation tends to be simpler and more stable than information, kind of like an intellectual Parkinson's law where bad money drives out good. Misinformation tends to drive out information because of the relative simplicity and the stability of misinformation.

One of the things that literacy and texts have going for them is that it stabilizes the argument so that you can look at it long enough to actually do a little analysis of it. A purely verbal interchange about information tends to be a little bit more slippery and harder to analyze because all you end up analyzing is the comparatively simple elements which tend to be the things that are misinformed.

Also what is information in one context becomes misinformation in another context. What the popularizer of science writes in his or her popularized science book is information but if it was given to the specialist, then it becomes wild misinformation. It depends on the context. That is why I think really this is the age of misinformation, par excellence.

Butler: Or it's the age of being snowed with so much stuff that we can't tell the difference.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Emilie Flöge (1874-1952) was an innovative Art Nouveau Austrian fashion designer who aimed to reform dress designs for women. Though (typically) not noted widely by history, she influenced the work of her companion, the artist Klimt and featured in his work #WomensArt
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 30/04/2026
An impending wave of borrowers will restart payments — with way higher monthly bills than before — for the first time in years. They'll likely encounter a system that's inadequate at connecting people with the income-driven repayment plans they need. to.pbs.org/4uhrmTZ
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As student loan defaults rise, experts worry about what's next
If the U.S. isn’t already in the midst of a student loan delinquency and default crisis, we may be rapidly approaching one, experts told PBS News.
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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Dems are whistling past the graveyard by solely focusing on federal elections. @runforsomething.net is focused at the state and local level for this very reason, - the bench we’re building is increasingly the last line of defense against GOP efforts to rig the system. 2/2
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weird medieval guys @weirdmedieval.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
“not to point fingers but-“
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 26/04/2026
For decades, the 1990 theft of 13 artworks from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum — now valued at more than $500 million — has remained unsolved. It remains the largest art theft in history — far surpassing more recent museum thefts. to.pbs.org/4txI94V
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What to know about the world’s largest art heist from a Boston museum
For decades, the 1990 theft of 13 artworks from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum — now valued at more than $500 million — has remained unsolved.
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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Democracy needs library supporters and readers in office. Democracy needs you! buff.ly/JIfQri0 #NationalLibraryWeek #library #libraries #librarianship #Read #Reading
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Learn More About Read. Lead. Run!
Democracy needs library supporters and readers in office. Democracy needs you!
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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Love libraries? Run for office! Find out more at ReadLeadRun.org #NationalLibraryWeek #library #libraries #librarianship #Read #Reading
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
More of this, less of bombing other countries (From @acyn.bsky.social )
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Yahia Lababidi @ysl.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Celeste Roberge’s sculpture “The Weight of Grief” #art
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onekade @onekade.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
One of the things I love most about Zohran’s rise to power is that it shows so clearly how we could have a better democracy—one that actually serves us instead of just the rich—if the left decides collectively to take electoralism and government seriously. It’s ours for the taking if we want it.
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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 16/04/2026
Results from our latest survey of local election officials: ☑️52% are concerned about the safety of their colleagues. ☑️32% report experiencing threats, harassment, or abuse because of their job.
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Local Election Officials Survey 2026
75 percent of local election officials have not received additional resources from their state or local government to address federal cuts to election security services. At least 71 percent of officia...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
This has been the GOP's "starve-the-beast" scheme for nearly 50 years. Meanwhile, millions suffer and struggle to get ahead as the rich get richer. See the problem here?
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
The why and the how from visionary organizer Daniel Hunter.
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It’s time to oust Stephen Miller
Noem’s firing shows our power, and now we must remove the real architect of Trump's deportation machine and so many other harmful policies.
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Pittsburgh DSA @pghdsa.org · 06/03/2026
In order to support Allegheny County’s anti-ICE cooperation bill, please use this tool to email your County representative. Sending an email is quick and only takes a few seconds. Please share with anybody in Allegheny County who opposes ICE! actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Allegheny County Council to BAN ICE Cooperation!
On March 10th, the Allegheny County Council is voting on a proposed bill to restrict local cooperation with ICE. The Pittsburgh DSA has endorsed this bill and is encouraging residents of Allegheny Cou...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 04/03/2026
Excellent response.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
THIS IS 👇 HOW IT'S DONE.......
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
I’m done hearing about the Epstein files, I want to hear about the Epstein trials.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Listen to this interview with Maria farmer podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
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Joyce Vance & Maria Farmer
Podcast Episode · Fast Politics with Molly Jong-Fast · February 21 · 58m
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Working Families Party 🐺 @workingfamilies.org · 20/02/2026
NEW: @summerlee.bsky.social will deliver the official Working Families Party Response to the State of the Union! On Tuesday night, she will spell out where this country really is right now, why working people are angry — and how we are fighting back. Text SOTU to 30403 to join us.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/02/2026
and i think the example of washington — whose peer, in this regard, is frederick douglass — is a reminder that artifice and performance are important parts of democratic society, and that the contempt for virtue signaling is corrosive. virtue is meant to be signaled!
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Jacob Kramer-Duffield @jaykaydee.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Really terrific conversation between @rtraister.bsky.social and @chrislhayes.bsky.social on Epstein and the legacy of Me Too - give a listen.
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Is This MeToo 2.0? with Rebecca Traister
We are years into uncovering new details about Jeffrey Epstein. And now we’re making sense of all of the files that have been disclosed and grappling with the fact that there are tons of redactions.…
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